Review of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Death [Book Review]
Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 125 (2):336-37 (2020)
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Dr. Subhasis Chattopadhyay
Narasinha Dutt College (non Community College Under The University Of Calcutta)
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This is a howler of a handbook. The review shows how in the name of academics, philosophers indulge in quid pro quos in high places. They have no clue about what they are writing. As a Benedictine Abbot in the US responded in email to this reviewer: "Yes, indeed, the book is not very serious. When the authors die some day, they will understand better, as we all shall see".
Now that death is in the air; we will understand what this handbook's real worth is! COVID 19 won't go with steroids and anti-malarials. Nor is Ebola or Zika going anywhere. Now see how prescient the Abbot is and how idiotic the book under review is.
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| Keywords | Ben Bradley Fred Feldman Jens Johansson John Dominic Crossan Trailanga Swami Proactive Harm John Martin Fischer Retroactive Harm Death Immortality |
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